Cornel Diniku, the owner of Ferma Dacilor, made his first statements on Friday about the fire that engulfed the guest house and killed eight people, saying he was convinced the fire was started by someone who wanted to destroy his business.

The owner of the Dacilor farm in the village of Tokhani in Prahova County appeared in public for the first time on Friday, four days after the tragedy, attending the funeral of his 11-year-old son, who died in the fire, it is reported. observernews.ro.

“They set us on fire. To harm us, to destroy us. Do not kill me, because I have not had enemies for many years. People are just doing damage,” Cornell Diniku told the Observer.

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It will be recalled that on Tuesday, in the fire that engulfed a guest house in the village of Tokhani, Prahova district, seven people died – three children and four adults, and the eighth victim is still being sought. The boarding house operated for a decade without permits for construction, fire safety and residence.

The tourist complex Ferma Dacilor operated for decades without the necessary approvals. According to the Tohani Tourist Complex’s official website, the foundations of the business were laid in 2013, which was also confirmed by Cornel Diniku, an entrepreneur who identifies himself as the owner of the business, even though he is not listed in the documents of the company that controls the guesthouse.

The management of the Department of Emergency Situations presented on Friday the first conclusions after the inspection carried out after the tragedy at Ferma Dacilor, an inspection which revealed serious irregularities at the ISU Prahova.

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The fire alarm center at Ferma Dacilor was not working, and according to an inspection carried out by the Prahova Emergency Situations Inspectorate in 2019, the boarding house should have been closed, State Secretary Raed Arafat said on Friday. Another conclusion of the control is that the first deputy head of the ISU Prahova, who controlled the boarding house, although he had no duties, changes control plans in accordance with his own interests.

According to IGSU Deputy Chairman Benone Duduk, former ISU First Deputy Prahova had abusive behavior, he put pressure on inspectors about the inspections they were supposed to carry out, changed inspection plans and imposed sanctions based on interests. is applied In addition, the former first deputy of the ISU Prahova was part of the team that carried out the last control at Ferma Dacilor in the summer of 2019, although he did not have duties, but he also determined that only one sanction should be applied, while it was discovered lack of authority.

“Given the seriousness of these facts, we have agreed and will instruct the transfer of the protocol, after completion, to the criminal investigation authorities,” said the head of the ISU.

On Wednesday, the Department for Emergency Situations dismissed the head of the preventive inspection of the ISU Prahov and announced that it would inform the prosecutor’s office about the control activities carried out by the preventive inspectors in 2019.

The head of ISU Prahova, Colonel Nikolay Tudoroi, asked him to be dismissed from his post “so that there are no suspicions about the investigation” started in this institution. He headed the Emergency Situations Inspectorate since May 2023.

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